Advancing Multidisciplinary Care: Real World Applications of Tumor Treating Fields Video Series-Video 2: Tumor Treating Fields at Willis Knighton Cancer Center

Video 2: Tumor Treating Fields at Willis Knighton Cancer Center

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The speaker describes her rewarding oncology work, especially helping long-term survivors. She explains how TT field therapy, including Optune, is used mainly for glioblastoma and sometimes lung and pancreas cancer. Implementing the therapy involves coordination with manufacturers, hospital administration, legal review, and staff education. Insurance approval improved after NCCN guideline inclusion. Successful use depends on patient understanding, adherence, and social support. She emphasizes multidisciplinary teamwork and having dedicated staff to manage questions and skin issues. She shares a success story of a professor with glioblastoma who used TT field therapy for five years and even helped develop the second-generation device.

Keywords

oncology

TT field therapy

glioblastoma

Optune

multidisciplinary teamwork